a grasp of understanding towards the correct and intended clause that students made. However, considering that the errors in the intended clauses were discussed
in other section, there was no further discussion on the errors depicted in the intended clause in the provided examples in this section.
With regard to students’ mastery, it can be classified into categories which each of them represents students’ mastery over the basic clause patterns, those
were, 1. excellent, 2. very good, 3. good , 4. fair, 5. insufficient, 6. poor. In addition, students’ mastery did not possibly cover those all categories regarding to
the distribution frequencies of the basic clause patterns.
a. Students’ Mastery over SVA Pattern
This part presents the distribution of SVA pattern. The purpose of this part was to find out students’ mastery over SVA pattern. The example of the correct
and intended clause can be seen in 60 and 61. Example 60 shows the correct clause while example 61 shows the intended one.
60 We go to the restaurant. 61 We can do stay home.
The highest distribution frequency of the basic clause was SVA pattern. The frequency of its distribution was 284 or 34,38. Out of 284 SVA pattern,
there were 109 correct clauses or 38,38 and 175 intended clauses or 61,62 . The correct clauses were less than a half of the total frequency of 284. Meanwhile,
the intended clauses were exceeding more than a half of 284. Table 4.2 shows the percentage result of SVA pattern.
Table 4.2 The Result of SVA Pattern Distributions
Clause Distribution No.
Clause Pattern
CP f CP
CC f CC
IC f IC
1 SVA 284 34,38 109 38,38 175 61,62 Difference
66 23,24
Since the frequency of the intended clauses in this pattern was bigger than the correct clauses and the difference frequency between the correct clause and
intended clause was also significant with its frequency of 66 or 23, 24, therefore, students were said to have insufficient mastery to use SVA pattern.
They needed more improvement on their mastery over SVA pattern to make more correct clauses.
b. Students’ Mastery over SVOA Pattern
SVOA pattern was in the second sequence in the distributions with its frequency of 206 or 24, 94. Out of that frequency, students made 75 or 36, 41
correct clauses and 131 or 63, 60 intended clauses. Here are the examples of the correct and intended clause. Example 62 shows the correct clause while 63
shows the intended one. 62 You can kill some fish with guns or bombs.
63 Usually we go tour to mountain and beach.
Considering that the difference between the correct clauses and the intended clauses was 56 or 27, 18, the difference between those two clauses was
said to be significant. In other words, although the distribution frequency of SVOA clause pattern was high, it did not mean that students were able to use this
pattern well with regard to the low frequency of the correct clauses. Therefore, students’ mastery over SVOA pattern was said to be insufficient. The Distribution
of SVOA pattern can be seen in Table 4.3.
Table 4.3 The Result of SVOA Pattern Distributions
Clause Distribution No.
Clause Pattern
CP f CP
CC f CC
IC f IC
2 SVOA
206 24,82
75 36,41
131 63,41
Difference 56
27,18
c. Students’ Mastery over SVC Pattern
